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SPECIFICATION forming part.of Letters Patent No. 293,664, dated February19, 1884. Application filed June 4, i883. 'fNo model.) i

To (til whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY A. MoYER, of

Syracuse, county of Onondaga, and State of letters of reference markedthereon.

This invention consists in the combination of a shaft system supportedfrom the lower side of the axle with a special spring'system supportedfrom the upper side of the axle, and having a capacity for adjustment atone end, as will be fully described hereinafter.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section ofmy improved cart; Fig. 2, a plan View; Fig. 8, an enlarged verticallongitudinal section; Fig. 4, a plan view of the axle, one shaft, andits supporting-bar; Figs. 5 and 6, detail views of the adjustableshackle and its connections; and Fig. 7, a front view of thecross-spring and the adjustable shackles.

To enable others skilled in the art to make my. improved cart, Iwill'proceed to describe fully the construction of the same.

A represents the axle of a two -wheeled vehicle, having the usualsupporting-wheels, as shown.

B B represent leaf-springs-one l11) 0Il' each side of thevehicle--wl1ich are centrally secured to the axle at the proper pointsby means of clip plates and bolts, in the manner well understood.

0 represents the rear cross-spring, the ends of which are united to therear ends of the springs B B by a shackle of any proper.con-

B; and, second, the bolt e", by means of which the iron e is attached tothe U-shaped shackle-iron eflhaving a series of openings, as shown.

(2 represents an ear formed in each end of the cross-spring D, by meansof which and springs the body is perfectly supported without anyconnection whatever with the shafts. By means of the adjustable shackleswhich unite the ends of the front cross spring to the frontiends of theside springs, B B, the body of the vehicle may be adjusted at anydesired inclination for the purpose of accommodating horses of differentheights, or for other purposes. These shackles are preferably located atthe front end of the vehicle; but, if desired, they may be located atthe rear end of the same, the same general result being obtained in eachcase.v p

G G represent the supporting-bars for the shafts-one on each side-asshown. Each of these bars is secured at its center to the axle at theproper point by the same clip-plates and clips that secure the sidesprings. From the central part of attachment these bars curve outwardand upward the proper distances, and are secured at their extreme endsto the shaft in any proper manner. By means of this system of bars theshafts are perfectly supported without any connection Whatever with thebody. By means of this combination of the shaft system G, supported fromthe lower side of the axle, and the spring system B B O D supported fromthe upper side of the axle, havinga capacity for adjustment E E, it ispossible to adjust the body supported by the springs at any desiredangle relatively to the shafts. By means of the combination of the saidspring with the peculiar shackle E, a ready means of adjustment isoffered.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the shaft system G,

supported from the lower side of the axle, This specification signed andwitnessed this and the spring system B B C D, supported 16th day of May,1883.

from the upper side of the aX1e,With the shackles E E, as described.

HARVEY A. MOYER.

2. In combination with the side springs, B B,

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and end spring, D, the shackles E E, having 1 J. A. ALLIs, the iron 0,bolts 0 e, and iron 0, as described. I .Timics HARVEY.

